GEARBOX
Stealth Workshop
Author: K3 Chris Onwiler
Get yourself into a trick bag
Some products grab your attention and make you immediately lust after them. Others are far more subtle, requiring you to actually use them before you begin to understand their worth. With a name like Stealth Workshop, you can probably guess which category this nifty bag falls into. The Stealth’s simple concept is that you stuff it full of tools, zip it into a small, convenient package for transport or storage, then unzip the bag and sling it over your motorcycle’s tank, seat or tail section when you need to do some wrenching. With your toolbox now draped over the bike, you don’t have to keep stooping for tools while you work as you would with a normal toolbox that you’d set on the ground.
 When our Stealth Workshop arrived, we opened the box, looked the piece over, returned it to the box and tossed it in the corner for later review. Sure, it appeared to be cleverly designed and extremely well made from premium materials, but come on! How interesting is a black bag? Short attention spans like ours need fireworks! Where did that set of titanium footpeg feelers go? It didn’t help that we also received a journalist’s guide the size of a small town phone book, detailing how we should test the Stealth Workshop. Uh, it’s a black bag? How hard could that be to test?
At some point, you’re sure to have heard an overload situation crudely but humorously described as, “Ten pounds of  $#!% in a five-pound bag.” Well, the Stealth Workshop weighs four pounds empty but has an appetite for considerably more than a mere ten pounds of your most beloved $#!%. Prior to heading for the track, we retrieved the boring black bag from the corner and brought it out to the garage to be loaded. What followed was a gleeful hour of deciding which tools to take and how to best pack them into the bag. During this process we really began to appreciate the incredibly intelligent design that makes this compact package so useful and versatile.
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